Things aren't going so well for Tel Aviv. Snip:

The Israeli regime's former prime minister Ehud Barak says Israel is closer to defeat than to achieving a victory in the Gaza Strip, calling Benjamin Netanyahu a "crazy gambler."

According to a report by Israeli media outlets on Sunday, Barak acknowledged that Israel is faltering in Gaza, lacking both a strategy and a clear plan of action.

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The former Israeli premier further criticized Netanyahu’s decision to maintain a military presence in the strategic Philadelphi Corridor with Egypt, saying his insistence to stay there is a futile attempt that has nothing to do with the reality on the ground.